[ad_1] Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Renault is on course to produce a more powerful and more reliable engine for the 2018 Formula 1 season, according to its new customer McLaren. Though Renault won three 2017 grands prix with Red Bull last season, it still trailed Mercedes

[ad_1] Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar’s new aeroscreen made its track testing debut at Phoenix on Thursday, with four-time Scott Dixon positive but suggesting work needs to be done before its full implementation. The windscreen is made of a proprietary Opticor advanced transparency material by PPG,

[ad_1] Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 owner Liberty Media has been urged by McLaren chief Zak Brown not to pander to Mercedes and Ferrari over future rules. McLaren’s executive director wants Liberty to consider the benefits of the whole of grand prix racing during what

[ad_1] Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Valentino Rossi’s assessment of Yamaha’s 2018 MotoGP bike is more valuable than his team-mate Maverick Vinales’, team manager Massimo Meregalli has claimed. After an encouraging first two days of Sepang testing, both Rossi and Vinales struggled for pace on the final

[ad_1] Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Sauber’s use of a 2018 Ferrari Formula 1 engine will be a “big leap” from contending with a year-old specification last season, according to driver Marcus Ericsson. The Swiss team will have closer ties with Ferrari next season through a multi-year

[ad_1] Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Nico Hulkenberg has denied he could “slack” when he had Jolyon Palmer as his Renault Formula 1 team-mate, and says Carlos Sainz Jr’s arrival made no difference to his efforts. As part of the machinations around McLaren and Toro Rosso’s swap

[ad_1] Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Toyota star Kamui Kobayashi has been drafted into the marque’s Super GT line-up to form a new superteam with fellow ex-Formula 1 racer Heikki Kovalainen. Kobayashi, who has never contested a full season in Super GT before, will join 2016 champion

[ad_1] Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Former grand prix driver Mark Webber hopes that Fernando Alonso does not get too burned out by his Toyota LMP1 programme to deliver his very best in Formula 1. Alonso confirmed last week that he would be competing in the majority

[ad_1] Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. McLaren is to announce a new sponsor in the shape of American-based multinational computer company Dell Technologies for the 2018 Formula 1 season, reports Sky News. The long-term deal, which is expected to be confirmed on Thursday, will see the manufacturer

[ad_1] Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Dale Coyne Racing has confirmed that the final seat on the 2018 IndyCar grid will be shared between Pietro Fittipaldi and Indy Lights graduate Zachary Claman DeMelo. Fittipaldi announced on Tuesday he had secured a drive for seven of the 17

[ad_1] Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Dale Coyne Racing has confirmed that the final seat on the 2018 IndyCar grid will be shared between Pietro Fittipaldi and Indy Lights graduate Zachary Claman de Melo. Fittipaldi announced on Tuesday he had secured a drive for seven of the

[ad_1] Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. This year’s Rally GB route is set for its biggest overhaul since the World Rally Championship round moved from Cardiff, with closed roads featuring for the first time. The event moved to Deeside in 2013 and has comprised stages in mid-

[ad_1] Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. One-time NASCAR Cup champion Kyle Busch says he cannot make a worse start to the 2018 season than he did in ’17. Busch began his 2017 campaign slowly, and his streak without a win reached a year before he finally took

[ad_1] Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Renault is open to McLaren influencing the design of its F1 engine, but says the British team is unlikely to have any impact until the partnership enters its third season. McLaren has given up works status with Honda to join Renault’s

[ad_1] Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar teams are desperately seeking ways to stem tyre degradation with the new aerokits, says 2004 champion and ’13 Indianapolis 500 winner Tony Kanaan. The veteran Brazilian, who has moved to AJ Foyt Racing for 2018 after four years at Ganassi,

[ad_1] Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Two-time MotoGP champion Casey Stoner says factory Yamaha riders Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales have to shoulder some blame for the manufacturer’s struggles in 2017. Vinales began the 2017 season with three wins from the first five races and led the

[ad_1] Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Formula V8 3.5 champion Pietro Fittipaldi will join the IndyCar grid for 2018, having signed a part-time deal to race with Dale Coyne Racing. As predicted by Autosport, Fittipaldi will share the #19 seat in 2018 and contest seven races, having

[ad_1] Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Romain Grosjean believes getting fully on top of its aerodynamic development programme and not losing time with unsuccessful upgrades is crucial for Haas in the 2018 Formula 1 season. Haas has finished eighth in the constructors’ championship in its first two

[ad_1] Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Martin Truex Jr’s NASCAR title with Furniture Row Racing gives small teams “a shot in the arm” towards overhauling the leading outfits in the next decade, says Front Row Motorsports. Martin Truex Jr dominated the 2017 NASCAR Cup season to take

[ad_1] Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Ed Carpenter Racing will give Jordan King his first IndyCar oval test at Phoenix on Sunday, as part of his bid to get a full-season seat for 2019. Formula 2 race-winner and former Manor Formula 1 development driver King will drive

[ad_1] Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. MotoGP promoter Dorna Sports has launched its new all-electric support class, the FIM MotoE World Cup. In a launch event in Rome on Tuesday morning, energy firm Enel was confirmed as the title sponsor for the series, and the racing version

[ad_1] Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. The Mercedes Formula 1 team has secured a major new sponsorship deal with clothing brand Tommy Hilfiger, replacing previous partner Hugo Boss. Last November Hugo Boss announced it was calling time on its F1 sponsorship programme, having been involved with both

[ad_1] Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Ash Walsh has been released from hospital after undergoing minor surgery on his elbow following his monster Bathurst 12 Hour crash on Sunday evening. Having spun after tangling with a backmarker during the closing stages of the Intercontinental GT Challenge race,

[ad_1] Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Reigning IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden led a Penske/Chevrolet 1-2-3 in testing at Sonoma on Monday. Times for the 12-car session were unofficial and some teams were not gunning for one-lap pace in optimum conditions. Newgarden, who set his first pole position

[ad_1] Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Daniel Ricciardo should focus on beating Max Verstappen rather than worrying about which Formula 1 team he will drive for in 2019, says former Red Bull Racing driver Mark Webber. Ricciardo is currently at a career crossroad, with his current Red

[ad_1] Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Cal Crutchlow says Honda’s new MotoGP bike has improved in areas the riders asked for. Crutchlow, who is riding a 2018-spec LCR Honda this season alongside full factory riders Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa, ended last week’s Sepang test third overall.

[ad_1] Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. One-time CART champion Jimmy Vasser will return to IndyCar having partnered with 2018 team Dale Coyne Racing. Vasser’s KV Racing business partner James Sullivan has also joined the team, with one of the team’s cars set to run under the Dale

[ad_1] Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 bosses have decided to replace grid girls with children for the 2018 season. F1 announced it would drop grid girls last week, a decision that generated mixed opinions among fans and even team members. On Monday, F1 chiefs –

[ad_1] Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Bathurst 12 Hour winner Robin Frijns says his WRT Audi R8 LMS would likely have run out of fuel had the race not been interrupted before the finish. Last weekend’s epic contest at Mount Panorama boiled down to a tense fuel

[ad_1] Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Lando Norris says the timing of his opportunity to make his Formula 1 debut with McLaren hinges on how long Fernando Alonso stays with the team. Norris, who will fulfil reserve driver duties for McLaren in F1 this year, won the